Re: Cold Air

From: Jane or Larry Elliott (elliott@serv.net)
Date: Sat Apr 19 1997 - 21:07:38 EDT


In the 60's sometime, some kind of a strange car called a Chevy went to
Daytona with this "new" cowl air intake, among other things, and they went
like stink. Now they're all running cowl intakes because of the high
pressure at the base of the windshield. They're going a little faster
than most of us go, but....

Larry

On Sat, 19 Apr 1997 WillTier@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-04-18 19:21:15 EDT, you write:
>
> << I'm sure there's quite a static pressure
> high at the base of the windshield at even moderate speed, >>
>
> Different views make for interesting research. I would not think that you
> would get much ram air effect at this location? I would think that the
> arodynamics of the vehicle (no matter how little on the Dak) would not create
> much force at this point. Worth thinking baout though, thanks for the
> thoughts.
>
> Bill
>
>

 



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